Tag: malicious
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Treasury Secretary calls out China’s malicious cyber activities
First seen on scworld.com Jump to article: www.scworld.com/brief/treasury-secretary-calls-out-chinas-malicious-cyber-activities
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Green Bay Packers Retail Site Hacked, Data of 8,500 Customers Exposed
The data of more than 8,500 customers were exposed during an attack on the Green Bay Packers online retail website in which the hackers were able to bypass security measure and install malicious code, steal customers’ names, addresses, and credit card information. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/01/green-bay-packers-retail-site-hacked-data-of-8500-customers-exposed/
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Data of more than 8,500 customers breached on Green Bay Packers shopping website
The Green Bay Packers Pro Shop website was exposed to malicious code that stole data about more than 8,500 shoppers, the NFL team says. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/green-bay-packers-online-store-data-breach
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Abandoned Backdoors: How Malicious Infrastructure Lives On
Studying Backdoors in Web Shells, Researchers Find 4,000 Infected Systems How many servers are infected by web shells designed to give attackers remote access to systems, but now phone home to malicious infrastructure that’s now abandoned or expired? Security researchers who posed that question have counted 4,000 such systems, including in government and education. First…
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Veracode Fuels Supply Chain Security With Phylum Acquisition
Phylum’s Product Delivers Real-Time Detection of Malicious Open-Source Packages. To combat the rise in software supply chain attacks, Veracode has acquired Denver-area startup Phylum and its advanced tools to detect malicious open-source packages. The acquisition strengthens Veracode’s software composition analysis offering and enables faster, more reliable threat mitigation. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article:…
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Critical BIOS/UEFI Vulnerabilities Allow Attackers To Overwrite System Firmware
Researchers discovered critical BIOS/UEFI vulnerabilities in the Illumina iSeq 100 DNA sequencer, where the device utilizes an outdated firmware implementation with CSM mode lacking essential security features like Secure Boot and firmware write protections. The vulnerability window allows attackers to exploit the system, potentially overwriting the firmware to either disable the device or install malicious…
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PHP Servers Vulnerability Exploited To Inject PacketCrypt Cryptocurrency Miner
Researchers observed a URL attempts to exploit a server-side vulnerability by executing multiple commands through PHP’s system() function. It downloads a malicious executable from a remote server, executes it locally, and attempts to download the same executable using wget while bypassing SSL certificate verification. It exploits a vulnerability in a web server running a PHP…
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Veracode Targets Malicious Code Threats with Phylum Acquisition
The deal includes certain Phylum assets, including its malicious package analysis, detection, and mitigation technology. The post Veracode Targets Malicious Code Threats with Phylum Acquisition appeared first on SecurityWeek. First seen on securityweek.com Jump to article: www.securityweek.com/veracode-targets-malicious-code-threats-with-phylum-acquisition/
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Veracode Boosts Supply Chain Security Via Phylum Acquisition
Phylum’s Product Delivers Real-Time Detection of Malicious Open-Source Packages. To combat the rise in software supply chain attacks, Veracode has acquired Denver-area startup Phylum and its advanced tools to detect malicious open-source packages. The purchase strengthens Veracode’s software composition analysis offering and enables faster, more reliable threat mitigation. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article:…
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Part 15: Function Type Categories
On Detection: Tactical to Functional Seven Ways to View API Functions Introduction Welcome back to Part 15 of the On Detection: Tactical to Functional blog series. I wrote this article to serve as a resource for those attempting to create tool graphs to describe the capabilities of the attacker tools or malware samples they encounter.…
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In The News – What is Quishing and How Can Schools Defend Against it?
This article was originally published in Campus Safety Magazine on 1/3/25 by Charlie Sander. “Quishing” is phishing using a QR code, and it is slipping through the defenses of companies and K-12 schools alike Most people are familiar with phishing, which involves scammers sending targeted emails with malicious links to an unsuspecting individual. The average…
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New WordPress Plugin That Weaponizes Legit Sites To Steal Customer Payment Data
Cybercriminals have developed PhishWP, a malicious WordPress plugin, to facilitate sophisticated phishing attacks, which enable attackers to create convincing replicas of legitimate payment gateways, such as Stripe, on compromised or fraudulent WordPress websites. By seamlessly integrating with Telegram, PhishWP facilitates real-time data exfiltration, including credit card details, personal information, and even 3DS authentication codes. This…
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Hackers Weaponize Security Testing By Weaponizing npm, PyPI, Ruby Exploit Packages
Over the past year, malicious actors have been abusing OAST services for data exfiltration, C2 channel establishment, and multi-stage attacks by leveraging compromised JavaScript, Python, and Ruby packages. OAST tools, initially designed for ethical researchers to perform network interactions, can also be exploited by threat actors for malicious purposes such as data exfiltration and pivot…
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Veracode Buys Package Analysis Technology From Phylum
The deal adds Phylum’s technology for malicious package analysis, detection, and mitigation to Veracode’s software composition analysis portfolio. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/application-security/veracode-buys-package-analysis-technology-phylum
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Malicious Browser Extensions are the Next Frontier for Identity Attacks
A recent campaign targeting browser extensions illustrates that they are the next frontier in identity attacks. Learn more about these attacks from LayerX Security and how to receive a free extension audit. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/malicious-browser-extensions-are-the-next-frontier-for-identity-attacks/
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Gen AI is transforming the cyber threat landscape by democratizing vulnerability hunting
Tags: ai, api, apt, attack, bug-bounty, business, chatgpt, cloud, computing, conference, credentials, cve, cyber, cybercrime, cyberespionage, cybersecurity, data, defense, detection, email, exploit, finance, firewall, flaw, framework, github, government, group, guide, hacker, hacking, incident response, injection, LLM, malicious, microsoft, open-source, openai, penetration-testing, programming, rce, RedTeam, remote-code-execution, service, skills, software, sql, tactics, threat, tool, training, update, vulnerability, waf, zero-dayGenerative AI has had a significant impact on a wide variety of business processes, optimizing and accelerating workflows and in some cases reducing baselines for expertise.Add vulnerability hunting to that list, as large language models (LLMs) are proving to be valuable tools in assisting hackers, both good and bad, in discovering software vulnerabilities and writing…
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Windows LDAP Denial of Service Vulnerability (CVE-2024-49113) Alert
Overview Recently, NSFOCUS CERT detected that the details of Windows LDAP remote code execution vulnerability (CVE-2024-49113) were disclosed. Due to an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in wldap32.dll of Windows LDAP service, an unauthenticated attacker can induce a target server (as an LDAP client) to initiate a query request to a malicious LDAP server controlled by the…The…
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New PhishWP Plugin on Russian Forum Turns Sites into Phishing Pages
SlashNext has discovered a malicious WordPress plugin, PhishWP, which creates convincing fake payment pages to steal your credit card information, 3DS codes, and personal data. First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/phishwp-plugin-russian-hacker-forum-phishing-sites/
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School districts in Maine, Tennessee respond to holiday cyberattacks
Officials from South Portland Public Schools in Maine and Rutherford County Schools in Tennessee said they were investigating intrusions by malicious hackers.]]> First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/school-cyberattacks-holidays-maine-tennessee
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Nuclei Patches High Severity Flaw in Security Tool
Flaw Enabled Signature Bypassing on Nuclei ProjectDiscovery. Open-source vulnerability scanner Nuclei patched a critical flaw in its open-source vulnerability management tool ProjectDiscovery. Security firm Wiz uncovered the flaw, a signature verification system flaw that could allow attackers to execute malicious code using custom code templates. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/nuclei-patches-high-severity-flaw-in-security-tool-a-27224
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Veracode Looks To Boost Security For Software Supply Chain With Acquisition Of Phylum
Veracode says its acquisition of software supply chain security startup Phylum will enhance its capabilities around protecting against malicious open-source code. First seen on crn.com Jump to article: www.crn.com/news/security/2025/veracode-looks-to-boost-security-for-software-supply-chain-with-acquisition-of-phylum
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Open source vulnerability scanner found with a serious vulnerability in its own code
A widely popular open-source tool, Nuclei, used for scanning vulnerabilities and weaknesses in websites, cloud applications, and networks is found to have a high-severity flaw that could potentially allow attackers to execute malicious codes on local systems.The flaw tracked as CVE-2024-43405 is assigned a CVSS score of 7.4 out of 10 and is said to…
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Cybercriminals Target Ethereum Developers with Fake Hardhat npm Packages
Cybersecurity researchers have revealed several malicious packages on the npm registry that have been found impersonating the Nomic Foundation’s Hardhat tool in order to steal sensitive data from developer systems.”By exploiting trust in open source plugins, attackers have infiltrated these platforms through malicious npm packages, exfiltrating critical data such as private keys, mnemonics, First seen…
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Malicious EditThisCookie Extension Attacking Chrome Users to Steal Data
The popular cookie management extension EditThisCookie has been the target of a malicious impersonation. Originally a trusted tool for Chrome users, EditThisCookie allowed users to manage cookie data in their browsers. However, after significant scrutiny, the legitimate version has been removed from the Chrome Web Store, leaving users vulnerable to a fake extension that has…
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Russian-Speaking Attackers Target Ethereum Devs with Fake Hardhat npm Packages
Cybersecurity researchers have revealed several malicious packages on the npm registry that have been found impersonating the Nomic Foundation’s Hardhat tool in order to steal sensitive data from developer systems.”By exploiting trust in open source plugins, attackers have infiltrated these platforms through malicious npm packages, exfiltrating critical data such as private keys, mnemonics, First seen…
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Weaponized Python Scripts Deliver New SwaetRAT Malware
The Python script leverages low-level interactions with the Windows operating system, which imports crucial libraries like `System.Reflection`, `ctypes`, and `wintypes`, enabling it to directly invoke Windows APIs. It allows the script to manipulate system behavior at a fundamental level, potentially enabling actions like loading malicious payloads, modifying system settings, or evading security measures. It is…
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Malicious npm Packages Stealing Developers’ Sensitive Data
Attackers published 20 malicious npm packages impersonating legitimate Nomic Foundation and Hardhat plugins, where these packages, downloaded over 1,000 times, compromised development environments and potentially backdoored production systems and resulted in financial losses. They are utilizing Ethereum smart contracts, such as 0xa1b40044EBc2794f207D45143Bd82a1B86156c6b, to store and distribute Command & Control (C2) server addresses to compromised systems,…